PacketiX VPN 2.0 64-bit Edition
The PacketiX VPN 64-bit Edition greatly enhances operation speed and scalability on native 64-bit systems. It is available for the following 64-bit CPU architectures and operating systems.
| CPU architecture: | x64 (EM 64T / AMD64) |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems: | Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Linux Kernel 2.4 and 2.6 |
True support for 64-bit operating systems
With 64-bit CPUs and hardware becoming more widespread, 64-bit operating systems like Windows XP Professional x64 Edition have started to be more common.
Previous 32-bit editions of PacketiX VPN 2.0 were run on 64-bit systems in emulation mode, but there were several limitations like the inability to use Virtual LAN cards and local bridges. Users were not able to use the full speed of the system and the full functionality of the software.
The 64-bit version of PacketiX VPN is optimized for the 64-bit mode of the Windows and Linux 64 bit versions. It shows high performance in 64-bit computing environments.
Increased throughput
On hardware with the same power, the 64-bit version achieves a higher throughput than the 32-bit version.
Especially on Gigabit high speed data communication lines, where CPU speed and memory access architecture become a bottleneck, the VPN data throughput can be raised by 17% as tests have shown.
On the same hardware*1, the maximum throughput achieved with the 32-bit version of PacketiX VPN 2.0 was 2.6 Gbps, for the 64-bit version it was 3.1 Gbps.
Increasing the number of VPN sessions and Virtual Hubs that can simultaneously connect to the VPN Server.
With the PacketiX VPN Server 2.0, the number of virtual Hubs can be logged into the server simultaneosly by a VPN session was limited for the 32-bit version. But with the 64-bit version, this technical limit does not exist, and it can support more virtual Hubs and VPN sessions on one server.
| Item | 32-bit version VPN Server 2.0 | 64-bit version VPN Server 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Hubs | 4,096 | 100,000 *2 |
| VPN Sessions | 4,096 | 100,000 *2 |
PacketiX VPN Server 2.0
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64-bit Edition
Image of the administration dialog
This way, for example a service provider sets up an ASP VPN service, which means the VPN Server with many virtual Hubs in a datacenter and rents out usage of these virtual hubs to the enduser, can do so with a 64 bit architecture server computer to accomodate a large number of users with only a few server machines.
Also see the screenshot of a VPN server running 23,499 VPN sessions simultaneously.
64 bit Virtual LAN card device driver
While there was a problem about running the 32 bit version of the PacketiX VPN Client 2.0 on a 64 bit Windows system, the 64 bit version of the PacketiX VPN Client 2.0 can be used on these latest operating systems.
*1 Test environment:
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VPN Server: AMD Opteron 2.0GHz Dual Core x2 (4 CPUs), 4 GB RAM, NIC Intel PRO/10GbE SR Server Adapter
VPN Client: 8 Intel Xeon 3.2GHz HT x2 (4 CPUs), 2 GB RAM, NIC Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
OS: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
Switch: Nortel 10GbE Layer 2 Switch
*2: The number of sessions that can be connected to the server is limited by the available hardware resources and the amount of product and connection licenses you purchase.